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Two years in to owning their
home, Ozzy laid the foundation for
his unfulfilled dream, which nearly
out-aged even his eldest child.
Investing with caution and avoiding major debt, the Menchacas chose
to build their establishment when
resources and time permitted. While
the couple are still adding finishing touches, the restaurant officially
opened mid-June. The Saturday the
kitchen lights came on, traffic was
strong, Lori said, with mostly friends
and family stopping by after hearing
about it on Facebook. But since then,
word has spread like fire about the
spicy kitchen.
“Every week [since opening] there
has been an increase,” Lori said.
“Sixty percent have been new customers – new faces,” Ozzy added.
“People are so supportive – so
encouraging,” Lori said. “This was the
first time anything like this has happened to me, but I was at Dollar General one day and I was buying stacks
of salsa jars and a girl [asked me],
‘Are you making jelly?’ I said, ‘No,
actually I am making salsa.’” A near
celebrity moment for Lori, the woman
asked if she was the “salsa lady” from
Peaster. First responding with laughter, Lori claimed the title.
Of her husband’s dream, Lori said
she has always supported it but wanted something a little different than the
“norm,” to avoid the hardships of a
traditional eating establishment.
“I didn’t want to do a restaurant
per se, just based on all the people
I have talked to over the years who
have lived that life,” Lori said. “So,
for me, I felt like the perfect way for
Ozzy to achieve his dream and to not
be saddled down with the restaurant
business would be to just have a
taqueria.”
With outdoor seating and a togo window, along with the use of
disposable plates and silverware, the
Menchacas spend less time washing
dishes and scrubbing floors and have
more time to spend with their customers, Ozzy said – another part of
Ozzy’s dream.
“It’s always been a dream of
mine to open a restaurant or to serve
people food, because that’s our gift –